Timer script running too fast

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1

Ive been using a simple on/off script with my in game flashlight but now Im trying to implement a battery effect and have the flashlight on a countdown timer while switched on. I’ve updated my original script but the timer is counting down way too fast and I cant figure why?

var Battery : int = 100;

var Batterytext : GUIText;


function Update ()
{

Batterytext.text = " Flashlight " + Battery + " % ";

	if (Input.GetKeyDown("f"))
	{
		if (light.enabled == true)
		light.enabled = false;
		
		else
		
		light.enabled = true;
	}
	
	if (light.enabled == true)
	{
		Battery -= Time.deltaTime;
	}
	
}

I did try another method using yield WaitForSeconds but had similar issues.

The on/off function still works and pauses the countdown (if your quick enough…lol) But it doesn’t count down in seconds as Id planned it to.

Any suggestions guys ???

2

HI

try this:

var Battery : int = 100;
var Batterytext : GUIText;
var batterySpeed : float = 0.01f;
     
     
function Update ()
{
     
    Batterytext.text = " Flashlight " + Battery + " % ";
     
    if (Input.GetKeyDown("f"))
    {
       if (light.enabled == true)
          light.enabled = false;
       else
          light.enabled = true;
    }
     
    if (light.enabled == true)
    {
       Battery -= Time.deltaTime * batterySpeed ;
    }
     
}

like this, you can easily edit the time, your battery goes down.